A 95% intact Saber-Toothed Tiger skull, or Smilodon, found in the late 1960s by a 14-year-old “weekend collector” at the famous La Brea Tar Pit Formation, will anchor an auction of rare and important Natural History on May 17 at Heritage Auctions Galleries’ Slocum Street showroom in the Dallas Design District. In [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 14, 2009
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Bonhams will hold its next Greek Sale on May 19th at New Bond Street. The market for Greek Art is on a dynamic growth trajectory. Over the past three years the sector has repeatedly smashed world record prices for artists, indicating the continuing popularity of the genre. With prices ranging from £2,000 [Read More]
A Bowie knife with a presentation inscription from Buffalo Bill, one of America’s most colourful characters from the Wild West, is coming up for auction by Charterhouse in Sherborne, in their sale of militaria and collectors items on Friday 26th June. “The knife was bought by the vendor from a small saleroom [Read More]
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, is expanding its European operations in Spain and Italy. The Company recently closed on the purchase of land in Ocana, close to Madrid, Spain. This new location is the Company’s second in Spain, added to an existing site located in Moncofa, near Valencia. [Read More]
Christie’s New York Post War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale totaled $93,734,500, led by strong results for the Betty Freeman Collection and five new world auction records for artists David Hockney, Claes Oldenburg, Douglas Wheeler, Tony Smith, and Kerry James Marshall. The sale was 91% sold by lot and 94% by value. [Read More]